Bail-splice



L. B. HORNER.

RAIL SPLICE.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE 6. 1919.

APatented Oct. 28, 1919.

@XX/incas eo LORENZO B. HORNER, F HAMMOND, INDIANA.

RAIL-SPLICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2S, 1919.

Application filed .Tune 6, 1919. Serial No. 302,153.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, LORENZO B. Homann, a citizen of the United States,residing` at Hammond, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Splices, of which thefollowing is a specification.

rlhis invention comprehends a rail joint which aifords the rail maximumstrength at this point; eliminates the well known clicking sound as thewheels pass over the joint, the rail sections `being identical inconstruction whereby they can be turned end for end to facilitate layingof a continuous rail.

-The nature and advantages of the invention will be readily apparentwhen the following detailed description is taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction, andarrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views, and whereinFigure l is a plan view partly in section Of the adjacent ends of therail sections joined.

2 sections.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of one of the fish plates.

Fig. i is a transverse sectional 'view taken on line i of Fig. l.

ln carrying out my invention each rail section is constructed in themanner illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein the rail proper inis a detail viewof one of the rail dicated at A has its intermediate portion lO` ofuniform cross vsectional configuration,

while the opposite ends of the sections are cut on one side as at lldiagonally from an appropriate point in its length and in a. verticalplane. One of these cut ends terminates substantially flush with thecorresponding end of the hase l2, while the other of said cut ends ofthe section projects beyond its adjacent end of the rail as clearlyshown. Vhen the rail sections are laid end to end in the formation of acontinuous rail the st aight edges of the bases of the rc spectivesections are arranged in face to face contact, while the end portion ot'one section projectingbeyond the :base thereof reposes upon the haseofthe adjacent section. lVhen the sections are thus oined, a joint ofmaximum strength is produced, eliminating all projections and the usualclicking sound when the wheels pass over the joint. The rail sectionswhen associated, can be secured together by any suitable fasteningmeans, suoli as indicated at ist. Each section being identical inconstruction at its opposite ends, permits the sections to he turned endfor end to facilitate the laying of a continuous rail.

What l claim is A railv section comprising an interi'nediate portion ofuniform dimension and cross sectional conguration, the opposite ends ofsaid section being each cut at one side diagA onally in a verticalplane, a hase of uniform width, one of the said cutaway end porionsprojecting beyond the corresponding end of the oase and adapted torepose upon the base of the adjoining section while the cutaway endportion of the adjoining rail sections is ccextensive with the hase.

In testimony whereof l afiiX my signature.

Y LORENZO B. HORNER.

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Washington. D. C.

